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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
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But we're again so
glad you joined us today.
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And I'm here on the
show, Pastor Lomacang.
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So good to have
you here, Pastor.
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This is a fun
program, rapid fire,
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because we love to
stretch our answers,
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but it's kind of
making us distill it
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down to the most
relevant parts of it.
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Well, I mean, God's
given all of you gifts,
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but I think, Pastor, you know,
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you can answer
these questions so fast.
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God's given you incredible
gift or you can expound upon it
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and preach an hour sermon too,
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you know, so it's
just a great balance.
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So thank you so much.
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Pastor Johnny, good to
have you here with us, sir.
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It's a blessing to be here.
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Blessing to be here.
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Amen.
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And, Jill, good
to have you here.
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It's weird to call you Jill.
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I always call
her sweetie or honey,
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'cause she's my
wife of almost 19 years,
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but so good to have you
on the set today as well.
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Thank you so much sweetheart.
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I'll call you sweetheart.
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Okay, there you go.
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I just love to open up
the Word of God and study,
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so what a privilege.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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You know, before we go
into the first question,
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Pastor John, I'm going to
have you open with prayer,
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but just before we
go to opening prayer,
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this past week, great sermon,
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or I guess when
this aired actually
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maybe just a
couple of weeks ago,
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we can go to TVā |
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sdac.org.
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To get this sermon,
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but it's great
because it has to do
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with the study
of the Word of God.
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So give us just a
real quick synopsis
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of this message?
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It's about our
thoughts and our imaginations.
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A lot of times we don't
know why we do what we do,
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but it begins in our thoughts
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and then also in
our imaginations.
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And that was the sin
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that condemned the
antediluvian world.
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So you may wanna go to
that website tvsdac.org
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and look for the
message entitled,
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"Just My Imaginations."
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And it comes from an old song
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that when I used
to be a disc jockey,
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it kind of lays the foundation.
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That's all I'm going
to tell you about it.
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Amen.
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But you talked about also
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the study of the
Word of God, right?
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So that's what
we're doing today.
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Oh, yeah. Open the Word of God.
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The Word of God is a
discerner of the thoughts
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and intentions of our hearts.
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Amen.
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And that's what the
antediluvian failed in.
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Yeah, absolutely. So yes.
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Thank you very much, Pastor,
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again for
preaching that message.
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But let's open
in prayer, please.
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Loving Father in
heaven, we thank You.
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It is Your Word,
we are Your servants.
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Speak to us, Lord,
send Your Holy Spirit.
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We have intellect,
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but what is it without the power
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and strength and guidance
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of the one who
inspired this Word
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and spoke to the holy men.
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Speak to us today, Lord,
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that Your people may
hear what the Spirit says
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to the churches, in
Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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I want to encourage you
at home to get your Bible
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and get a pen and paper
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or your electronic
device, take notes,
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follow along and
then do your study as well
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because God has so
much treasure in His Word.
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And that's
something that I always
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like to do is before we start,
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and that is read 2
Timothy 2:15, quote it,
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"Study to show
thyself approved unto God,
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a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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Amen to that.
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Pastor John, a lot of
great questions have come in
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and let's start with this one.
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"The New Testament states,
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a woman is free from
the law of her husband
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after he dies.
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The Old Testament
states that God hates divorce.
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Moses approved it
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because of the
hardness of the heart.
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What's Christ's
answered to the question
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on this subject."
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And this comes from Vivian.
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Yes.
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This is a beautiful
topic because it's really,
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a lot of what we do
hinges on the answer here,
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but let's first talk
about the woman who is free
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from the law of her
husband after he dies.
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Now, the law of her
husband is often misconstrued
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to believe by many
that it's the law of God,
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but that's not the case.
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It's a law of her husband.
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You'll find the Bible
talks about the natural husband
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and the spiritual husband.
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Christ is the husband man.
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Well, when
you're married to Him,
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He has a law also.
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But when Eve fell into
sin, we find in Genesis 3:16,
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these words from God,
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He said to her, to
the woman, he said,
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"I will greatly
multiply your sorrow
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and your conception,
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in pain you shall
bring forth children."
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And this is the
law of the husband.
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Your desire shall
be for your husband
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and he shall rule over you.
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That rulership
is now taken by Paul
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to now incorporate that
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in why we do what
we do the law of sin.
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And Paul talks about it
as the law of sin and death.
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Let's go to Romans Chapter 6,
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to see the other
component of that.
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Because Roman 6 now builds
on this whole ideology saying,
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you're gonna do what you
do as long as you're married
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to that old man of sin.
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Romans 6:6 and 7,
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"Knowing this, that our
old man was crucified with Him,
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that the body of sin
might be done away with,
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that we should no
longer be slaves to sin.
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For He who has died
has been freed from sin."
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So when we die,
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when that old man is no
longer reigning over us,
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we are now free
to marry a new man.
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And that's what Paul
meant when he said in Roman 7:2
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"For the woman who has a husband
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is bound by the
law to her husband,
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as long as he lives.
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But if the husband dies,
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she is released from
the law of her husband."
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Meaning the
controlling power of sin.
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So then if while
her husband lives,
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she marries another man,
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she will be
called an adulterous.
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Meaning if she tries
to live a righteous life
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while being
married to that old nature
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is not gonna work.
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Christ is not,
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He's not in that
relationship, but what happens,
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but if he dies, but
if her husband dies,
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she is free from the law
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so that she is not adulterous
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although she has
married another man.
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Meaning now that
old man of sin is dead,
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now she's free to
marry the new husband Christ
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and the offspring or her
fruit will be righteousness
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because of that
new man who is Christ.
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Wow. Amen.
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Incredible. Thank you, Pastor.
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Great answer in two minutes.
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That's a great full
squeeze right there.
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Amen. So thank you.
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Praise the Lord, Pastor Johnny,
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great question here
from Lonnie from Washington.
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"Where did Jehu come from?
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And can you tell
me more about him?"
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Well, one of those
funny answers came to my mind.
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He said, well, he
came from his mother
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and from the Lord, the
first time I heard that.
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But let's go to...
Which is a true answer.
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Which is the true answer.
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But you know, there's not
much discussion about Jehu
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like you talk about
Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Moses,
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but yes, in 1
Kings 16:1, it says,
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"Then the word of
the Lord came to Jehu,
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the son of Hanani
against Basha saying..."
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And so, he was a prophet
and a prophet of the Lord.
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Now it's interesting
that his father Hanani
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was also a prophet.
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What we found in
looking at this is that Jehu
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when this
particular passage is recorded,
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apparently lived a long time.
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And this was when
he was very young,
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that he came to rebuke the king.
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A message from the Lord.
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And you know,
when you're talking
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about prophets
coming to rebuke a king,
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their lives were in danger.
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Absolutely.
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Their lives were in
danger, but he did not flinch.
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He went courageously
and rebuked the king,
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just like his
father has done as well.
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And apparently
he lived a long time
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because when you go
to all the way to...
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It's 1 Kings,
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no 2 Chronicles Chapter 16.
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We see here a
reference to Jehu again,
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and he apparently wrote
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the history or
annals of Jehoshaphat.
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I'm sorry 2
Chronicles Chapter 19,
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actually 2
Chronicles Chapter 19.
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And you go to verse
2 and almost have it.
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And it says here "And
Jehu, the son of Hanani,
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the seer went out to meet him,
and said to king Jehoshaphat,
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'Should you help the wicked
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and love those
who hate the Lord?
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Therefore the wrath
of the Lord is upon you.
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Nevertheless, good
things are found in you
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in that you have removed
the wooden image from the land
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and have prepared
your heart to seek God.'"
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So this is what we can share
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in the amount of
time that we have.
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And there's not
really not much about him.
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Yeah. Okay.
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This comes from Bruce.
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Thank you, Bruce
for this question.
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"And, Jill, please
explain to me Hebrews 10:26?"
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That's a good question, Bruce.
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Let's read the
verse in question.
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Hebrews 10:26 says,
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"If we sin willfully,
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after we have received
the knowledge of the truth,
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there no longer
remains a sacrifice for sins."
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Now there might be
several interpretations
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to this verse,
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but I'm gonna give you
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the one that I feel
really resonates with me.
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Can God forgive willful sin?
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Absolutely.
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Because that's why Christ came.
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Adam willfully ate of the apple.
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That's right.
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David willfully took Bathsheba
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and he willfully had
her husband murdered.
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You and I have willfully
at times stepped into sin.
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God forgives us.
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Romans 6:23,
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"The wages of sin is death,
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but the gift of
God is eternal life
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through Christ Jesus, our Lord."
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We also know 1 John 1:9
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"If we confess our sins,
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He's faithful and
just to forgive us."
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So what is the
context of Hebrews Chapter 10?
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It's all about the insufficiency
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of the animal sacrifices
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in the Old Covenant
versus Jesus' blood.
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And Jesus'
sacrifice in the New Covenant.
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We see the shadows and
types of the Old Covenant.
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We see the Levitical
priesthood and in Hebrews 10,
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we see that Jesus
is the high priest.
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We see the earthly
sanctuary and in Hebrews 10,
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we see that there's
a heavenly sanctuary.
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We see the animal
sacrifices and it's impossible
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for the blood of bulls
and goats to take away sin.
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But in Hebrews 10,
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we see that Jesus
is the Lamb of God
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and He offered one
sacrifice for sin forever.
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And He sat down at
the right hand of God.
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So what is the willful sin here?
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I believe it's saying
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if after
understanding the New Covenant,
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we understand that Jesus
is the only way to salvation.
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We understand that Jesus' blood
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cleanses you and I from all sin.
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If we go back to
the Old Covenant,
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to the sacrificial system
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to any other way for salvation,
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other than the
Lord, Jesus Christ,
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then therefore there
remains no sacrifice for sin.
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Wow.
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Thank you very much. Yeah.
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Good answer. Yeah.
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That was very good. Yes.
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Excellent. Praise the Lord.
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Pastor John, this one
comes from Washington.
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"Why does Jesus tell
His disciples in Luke 22:36,
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that he who had no sword
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was to sell his
garment and buy a sword?"
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Okay.
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Well, the point of the matter
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is the Lord was
talking about provision.
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Provision that
could not be supplied
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by anyone else
other than by the Lord.
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Okay.
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And you find the sword in
fact was an instrument of war.
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True.
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But the Lord was
not advocating that
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because when Peter
pulled out his sword,
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which he had cut off
the ear of the soldier,
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he said, put up your sword.
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Lord is not
saying you need to go out
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and start killing people.
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But it had a
symbolic application
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because we find in Hebrews 4:12,
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"For the word of God
is living and powerful
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and sharper than
any two-edged sword
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piercing to the
division of soul and spirit
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and of joints and marrows."
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And as a
discerner of the thoughts
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and intents of the
heart, not only that,
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but the Lord
continued to amplify the need.
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Now the sword that
He was referring to
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was you need defense.
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If you look at the
entire whole armor of God
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in Ephesians 6, all of
the armor is defensive.
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The sword is the
only offensive part of it.
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In other words, you can
have a helmet, a shield.
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You could be fully dressed
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in the regalia of
a military person,
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but if you have no
weapon, you're in trouble.
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You might say
what a good looking...
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What's the word there?
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What a good looking carcass
so to speak, I'm using, right?
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What a good looking person
that he's just going to die.
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He looks good, but he has
nothing to defend himself.
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What the Lord was
in essence saying is
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whatever you do put
aside anything you have
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and make sure
that you do not go out
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without a sword
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because there
will be no defense.
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And that's why Ephesians 6:17,
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"The sword of the
spirit is the word of God."
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Revelation 2:16, the Lord says,
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"I will come quickly
and will fight against them
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with the sword of My mouth."
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So the gospel went
forth as a sword piercing,
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cutting away sin,
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cutting away unrighteousness
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because the
disciples equipped themselves
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with the Word of God
coming from their mouth.
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Wow. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you, Pastor.
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Great answer.
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Pastor Johnny, a question
here from Sherry, Pennsylvania.
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Thank you so much
for submitting this.
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"Is Isaiah 17:1,
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a future prophecy
or is it conditional?"
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That is a good question.
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I will read Isaiah 17:1,
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"The burden against
Damascus the Bible says,
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'Behold, Damascus will
cease from being a city
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and it will be a ruinous heap.'"
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The question is,
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is that a future
prophecy or a conditional?
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Yes.
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The reason I give is
because Jeremiah 18:7-10
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is where God explains
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how He does what He does
and why He does what he does.
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It says there, the instant
I speak concerning a nation
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and concerning a
kingdom to pluck it up,
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to pull down or to destroy it.
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If that nation
against whom I have spoken
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turns from its evil,
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I will relent of the disaster
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that I thought to bring upon it.
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So this is conditional.
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Now notice what happens
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in the other
instance in verse 9,
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"And the instant I
speak concerning a nation
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and concerning a kingdom
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to build and to
plant it, like Israel,
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if it does evil in my sight
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so that it does
not obey my voice,
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then I will relent
concerning the good
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with which I said
I would benefit it."
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Yes.
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Damascus was destroyed.
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It became a ruinous heap,
but apparently it was rebuilt.
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And this is, but I
do wanna give the answer
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the reason why God had
saw the need to destroy it.
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It says in Isaiah 17:10,
and I have to say this as well.
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Damascus, Israel
had joined Damascus
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for a period of time to
fight against other nations.
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And this prophecy
presents extensive punishment.
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Now notice Isaiah 17:10,
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because you have forgotten
the God of your salvation.
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So it is not that
God takes upon Himself,
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I think I'll
destroy this nation today.
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No, it's because appeals
have been made repeatedly
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to that nation and that
nation refuses to repent.
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Then the Lord has to take action
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based on their actions.
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Hmm. Wow. Very good.
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Yeah. Thank you, Pastor Johnny.
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And thank you for
submitting that question.
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Jill, this is, you know,
00:18:14.36\00:18:16.12
my heart goes out
to this person here.
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This is a
question it's based off
00:18:17.53\00:18:19.03
of Exodus 19:5-6.
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"1 Peter 2:9 talks about us
being God's special treasure,
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a royal
priesthood, a holy people.
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I know God's Word is
true, for He cannot lie,
00:18:28.20\00:18:31.67
but I don't feel like royalty.
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Everything I do
I question myself.
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I don't feel
like I'm doing enough.
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Not being totally obedient,
calling myself a hypocrite.
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Am I working for my salvation?
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Even though I know
salvation is not of works."
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Wow.
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Thank you so much,
Sherry, for that question.
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Let's read those
verses in reference first.
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In 1 Peter 2:9, it says,
00:18:54.83\00:18:56.40
"But you are a
chosen generation,
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a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
00:18:59.40\00:19:01.97
His own special people
00:19:02.00\00:19:04.04
that you may
proclaim the praises of Him
00:19:04.07\00:19:05.84
who called you out of darkness
00:19:05.87\00:19:07.48
into this marvelous light."
00:19:07.51\00:19:09.78
And, of course, Exodus 19:5 says
00:19:09.81\00:19:12.65
"Now, therefore,
if you will indeed
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obey my voice
and keep my covenant,
00:19:14.55\00:19:17.39
then you shall be
a special treasure
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to me above all people
for all the earth is mine."
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What I would tell you, Sherry,
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and any one of
you who struggle with
00:19:27.30\00:19:29.43
whether you really
are a chosen generation,
00:19:29.46\00:19:32.07
are you royalty,
can God forgive you.
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Can you be God's
own special people?
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Are you being hypocritical?
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I would tell you to walk
00:19:38.91\00:19:40.68
by the authority
of the Word of God.
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That's right.
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Don't walk by how you feel.
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Walk by faith in the
authority of God's Word.
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You see our Christian
walk is not based on feeling,
00:19:50.05\00:19:52.79
it is based on faith.
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And by faith, we accept
what God's Word says about us.
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1 John 1:9.
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I'm gonna give
you some scriptures.
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We won't read them,
but you can jot them down.
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1 John 1:9, God's Word
says, you are forgiven.
00:20:03.93\00:20:07.90
1 John 3:1,
00:20:07.94\00:20:09.74
God's Word says, you
can be a child of the king.
00:20:09.77\00:20:14.48
Romans 8:15.
00:20:14.54\00:20:16.78
God's Word
says, you are adopted.
00:20:16.81\00:20:19.98
Romans 8:1, God's Word says,
00:20:20.02\00:20:22.88
you might feel as if
you're under condemnation,
00:20:22.92\00:20:25.35
but you don't have to
walk under that condemnation.
00:20:25.39\00:20:29.66
Romans 8:13,
00:20:29.69\00:20:31.59
you might feel that you
have no victory over sin,
00:20:31.63\00:20:33.60
but God's Word says His spirit
will give you victory over sin.
00:20:33.63\00:20:37.57
John 14:27.
00:20:37.60\00:20:39.27
You might feel that
there's no peace in your life,
00:20:39.30\00:20:41.17
but God's Word says,
He will give you peace.
00:20:41.20\00:20:44.07
Psalm 16:11.
00:20:44.11\00:20:45.81
You might feel
that you're depressed
00:20:45.84\00:20:47.28
and there's no joy,
00:20:47.31\00:20:48.64
but God's Word says
He will give you joy.
00:20:48.71\00:20:50.75
Ephesians 1:4,
you might feel, well,
00:20:50.78\00:20:53.42
I'm not chosen
or I'm not redeemed,
00:20:53.45\00:20:55.45
or I can't be holy,
00:20:55.48\00:20:56.82
but God's Word says
00:20:56.85\00:20:58.19
you are accepted and redeemed
and holy and forgiven in Jesus.
00:20:58.22\00:21:02.39
So just accept by faith
what God's Word says about you.
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Amen. Wow.
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Praise the Lord.
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That's really,
really encouraging.
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But utmost, we thank
the Lord Jesus Christ
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for providing for our needs
00:22:18.60\00:22:19.97
to bring you these
truths in this time in history.
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It's absolutely incredible.
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Pastor John, I think
let's go to this question.
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It's a really good one.
00:22:26.98\00:22:28.31
It's referring to
the rich man and Lazarus.
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Okay.
00:22:29.74\00:22:31.08
And this comes from
Theresa in Virginia.
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And here's her question.
00:22:32.98\00:22:34.32
"Can you explain Luke 16:19-31
00:22:34.35\00:22:40.09
about the rich man and Lazarus,
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something that's why you
can be in heaven and in hell?
00:22:41.99\00:22:45.56
Well, the rich man
and Lazarus is a parable
00:22:45.63\00:22:47.46
for a number of obvious reasons.
00:22:47.50\00:22:49.50
One, the Bible doesn't teach
that we die and go to heaven.
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The Bible teaches,
we die and are buried.
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And we wait in the
grave for the resurrection.
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John 5:28-29,
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"All that are in the
graves will hear His voice
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and will come forth.
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Those that have done good
to the resurrection of life,
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those that have done evil
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to the
resurrection of condemnation."
00:23:06.85\00:23:08.22
So the grave is the place.
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Job says in Job 14,
00:23:09.65\00:23:10.99
"Oh, that you would
hide me in the grave
00:23:11.02\00:23:12.62
that you would conceal me
until your wrath has passed,
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.89
that you will appoint me
a set time and remember me."
00:23:14.96\00:23:17.79
Psalms 146:4,
00:23:17.83\00:23:19.79
"His breath goes forth,
he returns to this earth,
00:23:19.83\00:23:21.76
in that very day
his plans perish.
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Psalms 115:17,
00:23:24.07\00:23:26.57
"The dead do
not praise the Lord,
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neither any that
go down into silence."
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So the Bible is
clear about what happens.
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The living know
that they will die,
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but the dead know not anything.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5-6.
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But this parable
is talking about,
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if you read this parable
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and you delete all
that the Bible says,
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it sounds like
men are conscious,
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they're communicating.
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There's a great gulf,
they can see each other.
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This was a parable of
Christ to the rich men
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and who did Lazarus represent?
00:23:52.29\00:23:54.03
Lazarus represented those
that the rich man ignored,
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but who did not ignore the rich,
00:23:57.67\00:23:59.40
who did not
ignore Lazarus, the dogs.
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And when you follow
this language in the Bible,
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you find that the Pharisees
00:24:04.57\00:24:06.47
often referred to
the Gentiles as dogs.
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Why do we give out the
children's food to dogs?
00:24:09.58\00:24:12.68
Why do we cast the
pearl to the swine?
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The Pharisees and
scribes looked at themselves
00:24:14.92\00:24:17.02
as so exclusive that no one had
any salvation outside of them.
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That's why the Bible starts
by talking about the rich man
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that had purple and fine linen.
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What was that?
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Exodus 28:15.
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It's the very garments of
those who were in the priest,
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in the priesthood.
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"You shall make the
breastplate of fine judgment."
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Exodus 28:15,
00:24:39.51\00:24:41.11
"Artistically woven
00:24:41.14\00:24:43.88
according to the
workmanship of the ephod,
00:24:43.91\00:24:46.11
you shall make it gold, blue,
00:24:46.15\00:24:49.78
purple and scarlet thread,
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and fine woven
linen, you shall make it."
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So right away, the
Lord made it really clear.
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I'm talking about
the priestly system.
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You find, I talked about
the dogs in Matthew 7:6 and 27.
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How the Pharisees made it clear,
00:25:04.43\00:25:06.10
don't cast the
children's food to the dogs,
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but they had something else.
00:25:08.87\00:25:10.44
What was falling
from the rich man's table?
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Crumbs.
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Well, what does
the crumbs represent?
00:25:13.98\00:25:16.11
Crumbs come from bread.
00:25:16.14\00:25:17.85
They had a bread of life,
but they wouldn't share it.
00:25:17.88\00:25:20.62
But what did the dogs do?
00:25:20.65\00:25:22.18
The dogs saw the needs of those
00:25:22.25\00:25:24.82
who were
rejected by the well-to-do
00:25:24.85\00:25:28.49
by the
Pharisees, by the Sadducees,
00:25:28.52\00:25:30.23
by those who
had the Word of God,
00:25:30.26\00:25:31.59
but not share it.
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And the dogs or the Gentiles
00:25:33.26\00:25:35.70
took care of the
needs of the people
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that were overlooked by those
who had the proper doctrines.
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It's a really sad rebuke.
00:25:40.10\00:25:43.61
But lastly, five
brothers, why five brothers?
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Because the first
five books of the Bible,
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the Pentateuch were the place
where the Jews had their pride.
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And they said, we
have five brothers,
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warn them less a
worst thing come upon them.
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And lastly, if in
fact you were in fires,
00:25:57.15\00:26:00.72
I guarantee you that
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by no means one drop
of water cool your tongue,
00:26:05.29\00:26:09.10
you are in fires
being tormented endlessly.
00:26:09.13\00:26:13.47
The nutshell of it is,
00:26:13.50\00:26:14.94
here's the reason for the story.
00:26:14.97\00:26:17.01
Don't ignore the needs of others
00:26:17.04\00:26:18.94
and think that
your doctrinal beliefs
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is all that is
needed to be saved.
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That's a nutshell
of it. That's good.
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You know, and we always have
just a little bit extra time.
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So, Pastor, I'm
gonna just actually
00:26:26.72\00:26:28.05
just hang on
this just real quick,
00:26:28.08\00:26:29.42
and we'll go to
you, Pastor Johnny.
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Why did Jesus speak in parables?
00:26:30.82\00:26:32.32
Why did He do
this and tell stories?
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What was the reason,
00:26:33.86\00:26:35.19
instead of just like
here it is just like this?
00:26:35.26\00:26:36.59
Well, parables
are hidden messages
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and the hidden messages.
00:26:39.13\00:26:40.46
He's spoken many
parables to the multitudes.
00:26:40.50\00:26:42.90
But when the
disciples came silently,
00:26:42.93\00:26:45.27
He explained to them
00:26:45.33\00:26:46.67
like the parable of the
sower that went forth to sow.
00:26:46.70\00:26:49.40
He hid His messages
00:26:49.44\00:26:51.24
because people
would have been able
00:26:51.27\00:26:53.61
to single Him out.
00:26:53.64\00:26:55.08
That's why He began by saying
the kingdom of God is at hand.
00:26:55.14\00:26:58.21
So later on, He
says the kingdom of,
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the kingdom of heaven.
00:27:00.18\00:27:01.52
He said us, in
the kingdom of heaven
00:27:01.55\00:27:02.95
is at hand and
later the kingdom of God,
00:27:02.98\00:27:04.79
because now after being revealed
00:27:04.82\00:27:06.32
to be the Son of God, He
associated Himself with God.
00:27:06.35\00:27:09.89
So He hid the
messages in parables,
00:27:09.92\00:27:12.33
but those to whom he
spoke it, they knew...
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They knew, yeah, it's powerful.
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.43
Like at a time when they were,
00:27:17.47\00:27:18.83
in a time of sowing seeds
in the field planting, He said,
00:27:18.87\00:27:22.10
"A soul went forth to sow."
00:27:22.14\00:27:23.77
And what could the
people see in the background?
00:27:23.81\00:27:25.27
Somebody sowing heaps,
and they never forgot it.
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Yeah, I think it was
beautiful too about Christ,
00:27:28.34\00:27:29.91
Pastor Johnny, as I
think about Him and,
00:27:29.94\00:27:31.61
you know, giving
these stories if we may say.
00:27:31.65\00:27:33.38
I remember as a child,
00:27:33.42\00:27:34.75
these stories being read
to me before I could read,
00:27:34.78\00:27:36.45
well, you would
understand that concept
00:27:36.48\00:27:37.82
even as a small
child, right, 3, 4, 5?
00:27:37.85\00:27:39.69
But as you grow older,
00:27:39.72\00:27:41.06
you understand
there's more depth
00:27:41.09\00:27:42.42
to that more and more.
00:27:42.46\00:27:43.79
So it's amazing
'cause it just crossed
00:27:43.83\00:27:45.19
so many age groups
and so much education,
00:27:45.23\00:27:46.70
it's powerful.
00:27:46.73\00:27:48.03
And one quick thing,
00:27:48.06\00:27:49.40
I found out that
when you study the Bible,
00:27:49.43\00:27:50.77
I mean, it's deeper
than actually we even thought
00:27:50.80\00:27:52.33
the parable of the
rich man and Lazarus,
00:27:52.40\00:27:53.94
because they mentioned five.
00:27:53.97\00:27:55.57
The number five is
a measurement of usage
00:27:55.60\00:27:59.27
in building the sanctuary.
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.78
Everything is measured by fives.
00:28:01.81\00:28:04.28
I thought, wow,
the curtain length,
00:28:04.31\00:28:06.68
the number of curtains,
00:28:06.72\00:28:08.62
the bars that are used are
all in the increments of five.
00:28:08.68\00:28:12.15
That's the beauty
of the Word of God.
00:28:12.19\00:28:13.69
The more you study,
the more you discover,
00:28:13.72\00:28:15.26
I don't know.
00:28:15.32\00:28:16.66
And there's so much
deeper richness to discover.
00:28:16.69\00:28:19.29
It's amazing.
00:28:19.33\00:28:20.66
So we want to
encourage you at home.
00:28:20.70\00:28:22.00
You know, we're talking about
the study of the Word of God
00:28:22.03\00:28:23.43
is to open your
Bible and to study as well.
00:28:23.47\00:28:25.60
You know, those that
are on the panel today,
00:28:25.63\00:28:26.97
they're just like, oh, hey,
00:28:27.00\00:28:28.37
they've got all this
knowledge of the Bible.
00:28:28.40\00:28:29.74
No, they believe in
studying the Word of God
00:28:29.77\00:28:32.04
and they make
that a daily practice.
00:28:32.07\00:28:33.51
So we want to
encourage you to do the same.
00:28:33.54\00:28:35.21
Pastor Johnny,
great question here.
00:28:35.24\00:28:36.71
This is from Lindsey,
00:28:36.75\00:28:38.98
"Who are the Nethinims
spoken of in Nehemiah 10:28.
00:28:39.01\00:28:45.42
I have an idea of who they
are, but I'm not quite sure."
00:28:45.45\00:28:48.19
This is from Heather.
00:28:48.22\00:28:49.56
Very good. Thank you.
00:28:49.59\00:28:50.93
So Nehemiah 10:28 says,
00:28:50.96\00:28:55.10
"Now the rest of the people,
the priests, the Levites,
00:28:55.13\00:28:57.63
the gatekeepers, the
singers, the Nethinim,
00:28:57.67\00:29:00.70
and all those who
had separated themselves
00:29:00.74\00:29:02.87
from the peoples of
the land to the law of God,
00:29:02.90\00:29:05.57
their wives, their
sons, and their daughters,
00:29:05.64\00:29:07.41
everyone who had
knowledge and understanding."
00:29:07.44\00:29:09.71
They are mentioned as Nethinim.
00:29:09.74\00:29:11.11
They're mentioned a few
times, but who are they?
00:29:11.15\00:29:14.12
If you go to Joshua Chapter 9,
00:29:14.15\00:29:16.58
you're going to
discover the Gibeonites
00:29:16.62\00:29:19.32
and the Gibeonites were a people
00:29:19.35\00:29:22.59
that saw what was going on
00:29:22.62\00:29:24.16
that the people of Israel,
00:29:24.19\00:29:25.56
God was using them
00:29:25.59\00:29:26.96
and destroying all
of these other nations.
00:29:27.00\00:29:29.43
And they became
afraid that they too
00:29:29.46\00:29:31.00
were gonna be destroyed.
00:29:31.03\00:29:32.37
So they took counsel among
themselves and they said hey,
00:29:32.40\00:29:34.84
what's happened to them
is going to happen to us.
00:29:34.87\00:29:37.67
So they made a plan
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.04
to deceive the people of Israel,
00:29:39.11\00:29:40.74
they took old clothes,
old sandals, old sacks,
00:29:40.78\00:29:43.91
and they also took
old dry moldy bread.
00:29:43.95\00:29:48.52
They took old, really old bread.
00:29:48.55\00:29:49.88
And they said, we've been
traveling for a long time,
00:29:49.92\00:29:52.59
and make a covenant with us.
00:29:52.62\00:29:55.39
And so in Joshua Chapter
9, after they presented this.
00:29:55.46\00:29:59.33
This is very interesting.
00:29:59.36\00:30:00.70
It says, "Then the men of Israel
00:30:00.73\00:30:02.46
took some of their provisions,
00:30:02.50\00:30:04.03
but they did not
ask counsel of the Lord.
00:30:04.07\00:30:08.20
So Joshua made peace with them
and made a covenant with them
00:30:08.24\00:30:11.87
to let them live.
00:30:11.91\00:30:13.41
And the rulers
of the congregation
00:30:13.44\00:30:14.94
swore to them."
00:30:14.98\00:30:16.44
So what happens is that
later, about three days later,
00:30:16.48\00:30:19.78
the people of Israel
discovered we've been deceived,
00:30:19.81\00:30:22.52
we've been deceived.
00:30:22.58\00:30:23.92
So Joshua then makes
a proclamation to them
00:30:23.95\00:30:26.05
and he says, verse 23.
00:30:26.09\00:30:27.86
"Now, therefore you are cursed.
00:30:27.89\00:30:29.72
None of you shall be
freed from being slaves,
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.49
woodcutters and water carriers
for the house of my God."
00:30:32.53\00:30:36.43
So these people,
00:30:36.46\00:30:37.90
the Nethinims
were water carriers,
00:30:37.93\00:30:40.54
and hewers of wood.
00:30:40.57\00:30:41.90
They worked in the temple
and they had the privilege
00:30:41.97\00:30:44.31
of being in the
temple and learning of God.
00:30:44.34\00:30:47.61
So they had an opportunity
to know God and be faithful.
00:30:47.64\00:30:51.51
These are the
Nethinims. Wonderful.
00:30:51.55\00:30:52.88
Amen. Yeah. Thank
you, Pastor Johnny.
00:30:52.91\00:30:54.25
Yes, great answer.
00:30:54.28\00:30:56.08
Jill, this is a
question from Terra.
00:30:56.12\00:30:59.45
"Where in the
Bible does it point
00:30:59.49\00:31:01.06
to the Sabbath on Saturday
00:31:01.09\00:31:03.76
also that point to which days
Christ was crucified and rose,
00:31:03.79\00:31:08.43
also that point to which days
Christ was crucified and rose?"
00:31:08.46\00:31:11.43
Thank you so much,
Terra, for that question.
00:31:11.47\00:31:13.20
The Sabbath is a perpetual
invisible sign of God's people.
00:31:13.23\00:31:16.60
And we're gonna
take a quick journey
00:31:16.64\00:31:18.67
through the Word of God.
00:31:18.74\00:31:20.08
The Sabbath, of course,
was instituted at creation.
00:31:20.11\00:31:22.31
We see that in Genesis 2:1-3,
00:31:22.34\00:31:25.38
"Thus the heavens and the earth,
00:31:25.41\00:31:26.75
they were finished,
and all the hosts of them.
00:31:26.78\00:31:28.48
And on the seventh day,
00:31:28.55\00:31:30.85
God ended the
work which He had done,
00:31:30.89\00:31:32.95
and He rested on the seventh day
00:31:32.99\00:31:34.82
from all the work
which He had done.
00:31:34.86\00:31:36.36
And He blessed the seventh day
00:31:36.39\00:31:38.13
and sanctified it because in it,
00:31:38.16\00:31:40.70
He had rested from all His work,
00:31:40.73\00:31:42.20
which God created and made.
00:31:42.23\00:31:43.57
So we see that God instituted
the Sabbath at creation.
00:31:43.60\00:31:46.87
It was set apart.
00:31:46.90\00:31:48.24
It was sanctified.
00:31:48.27\00:31:49.60
It's a day that is made holy.
00:31:49.64\00:31:50.97
We see this
reiterated, of course,
00:31:51.01\00:31:52.64
the children of
Israel were at Mount Sinai.
00:31:52.71\00:31:55.18
Exodus 20, you can
read it verses 8 through 11.
00:31:55.21\00:31:58.01
It just simply says,
remember the Sabbath day,
00:31:58.05\00:32:00.48
because they had lost
sight of the Sabbath day.
00:32:00.52\00:32:03.82
Now some people say, well,
00:32:03.85\00:32:05.19
that means the
Sabbath was just for the Jews.
00:32:05.22\00:32:06.82
No, it was
instituted at creation.
00:32:06.86\00:32:09.09
We know that
Abraham in Genesis 26:5,
00:32:09.12\00:32:12.39
"Abraham obeyed my voice
and kept My commandments."
00:32:12.46\00:32:16.56
We know in Exodus 16,
00:32:16.60\00:32:18.27
this is even before
the Sabbath was reminded
00:32:18.30\00:32:21.70
with the Ten Commandments.
00:32:21.74\00:32:23.07
We see the Sabbath.
00:32:23.10\00:32:24.44
The seventh day
was kept when the manna
00:32:24.47\00:32:26.24
was given to the
children of Israel.
00:32:26.27\00:32:28.81
We see that the Sabbath was kept
00:32:28.88\00:32:30.78
by Jesus during His life.
00:32:30.81\00:32:32.75
This is in Luke 4:16.
00:32:32.78\00:32:35.18
Jesus came to Nazareth
where He had been brought up
00:32:35.22\00:32:37.85
and as His custom was,
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.52
He went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day
00:32:39.55\00:32:42.16
and stood up forth to read.
00:32:42.19\00:32:43.89
We also see that the Sabbath
was kept by Jesus in His death.
00:32:43.93\00:32:48.03
You referenced
what were those days.
00:32:48.06\00:32:50.20
We see, of course,
Jesus died on Friday.
00:32:50.23\00:32:52.53
If you look at Luke 23:54,
00:32:52.57\00:32:56.24
we have Joseph of Arimathea
preparing the body of Jesus,
00:32:56.27\00:33:00.34
asking for it to be
taken down from the cross,
00:33:00.38\00:33:02.54
wrapping it in linen,
putting it in the tomb.
00:33:02.61\00:33:05.11
And it says in verse 54,
that day was the preparation.
00:33:05.15\00:33:08.28
So that tells us
Jesus died on Friday.
00:33:08.32\00:33:10.32
And the Sabbath drew near.
00:33:10.35\00:33:12.62
We know that Jesus rested
in the tomb on the Sabbath day,
00:33:12.69\00:33:16.26
on the seventh day.
00:33:16.29\00:33:17.63
Luke 23:56,
00:33:17.66\00:33:19.33
"They returned and prepared
spices and fragrant oils.
00:33:19.36\00:33:22.10
And they rested on the Sabbath
according to the commandment."
00:33:22.16\00:33:26.17
Then we know Jesus rose
on the first day of the week,
00:33:26.23\00:33:28.30
which would be
Sunday, Luke 24:1.
00:33:28.34\00:33:30.84
On the first day of the week,
00:33:30.87\00:33:32.47
the women are coming to
anoint the body of Jesus
00:33:32.51\00:33:34.91
and they discover He's not there
00:33:34.94\00:33:36.58
because He has risen.
00:33:36.61\00:33:38.71
We see the Sabbath
was kept by the apostles.
00:33:38.75\00:33:40.88
This is after the
resurrection of Jesus.
00:33:40.92\00:33:43.75
In Act 13, there
are several references,
00:33:43.79\00:33:46.15
but Acts 13:44, it says,
00:33:46.19\00:33:48.02
"On the next Sabbath,
00:33:48.06\00:33:49.42
almost the whole
city came together
00:33:49.46\00:33:52.03
to hear the Word of God."
00:33:52.09\00:33:54.60
And we know
finally that the Sabbath,
00:33:54.63\00:33:56.60
it will be kept
in the new earth.
00:33:56.63\00:33:58.60
Isaiah 66:23,
00:33:58.63\00:34:01.14
"It shall come to pass
from one new moon to another.
00:34:01.17\00:34:03.64
And from one Sabbath to another,
00:34:03.67\00:34:05.17
all flesh shall come together
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.48
to worship before
me says the Lord."
00:34:07.51\00:34:09.54
So God's Sabbath is
connected to creation.
00:34:09.58\00:34:12.41
It's connected to redemption.
00:34:12.45\00:34:13.88
It's connected
to sanctification.
00:34:13.92\00:34:15.78
And at the end of time,
00:34:15.82\00:34:17.19
it is a special
sign of God's people
00:34:17.22\00:34:20.06
and their loyalty to Him.
00:34:20.09\00:34:21.46
Wow.
00:34:21.49\00:34:22.82
Praise the Lord.
00:34:22.86\00:34:24.19
Great answer there, sweetie,
00:34:24.23\00:34:25.59
about the Sabbath Saturday
in just a couple of minutes.
00:34:25.63\00:34:28.43
Praise the Lord.
00:34:28.46\00:34:29.80
Now, Pastor John, a
good question and I liked it.
00:34:29.83\00:34:32.13
They didn't put their
name, but from a continuing
00:34:32.20\00:34:34.44
and grateful viewer and
student from California.
00:34:34.47\00:34:37.71
Okay.
00:34:37.74\00:34:39.07
Thank you very much.
00:34:39.14\00:34:40.48
It's a little lengthy here.
00:34:40.51\00:34:41.84
It says, "In 2
Thessalonians 2:7-9,
00:34:41.88\00:34:45.81
it speaks about the antichrist
as the mystery of lawlessness,
00:34:45.88\00:34:50.22
who is the He that restraints,
00:34:50.25\00:34:53.59
then is taken out of the way
00:34:53.62\00:34:55.16
so that the lawless
one will be revealed?
00:34:55.19\00:34:57.63
I need a more modern
speech for this verse
00:34:57.66\00:35:00.36
and verses
continuing on through verse 9,
00:35:00.40\00:35:03.26
but not sure if that will help.
00:35:03.30\00:35:05.13
Is Satan taking
himself out of the way?
00:35:05.17\00:35:08.14
I'm confused."
00:35:08.17\00:35:10.27
Okay.
00:35:10.31\00:35:11.64
Well praise the Lord
that the Bible has an answer.
00:35:11.67\00:35:13.78
Amen.
00:35:13.81\00:35:15.14
Now all we've got to do is
ask ourselves the question.
00:35:15.18\00:35:18.28
And this is the
biggest part of the question,
00:35:18.31\00:35:20.32
who is the restrainer?
00:35:20.35\00:35:23.05
Who is doing what?
00:35:23.08\00:35:25.29
Well, you have a
couple of pictures.
00:35:25.32\00:35:26.72
One you have in
Revelation the Bible talks about
00:35:26.76\00:35:29.09
the angels in Revelation 7,
00:35:29.12\00:35:30.69
holding back
the winds of strife,
00:35:30.73\00:35:33.50
but that's not what's being
referred to here in this verse.
00:35:33.53\00:35:36.03
I would recommend to you
00:35:36.10\00:35:37.43
that what is being
referred to here in this verse
00:35:37.47\00:35:39.47
is the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:35:39.50\00:35:42.67
That was the same
condition in the days
00:35:42.74\00:35:46.41
when the
antediluvians roamed the earth
00:35:46.44\00:35:49.28
in the days of Noah,
00:35:49.31\00:35:50.81
because you notice
00:35:50.85\00:35:52.18
there was a restraining
power that was being removed.
00:35:52.25\00:35:55.18
And when that power was removed,
00:35:55.22\00:35:57.09
when that restraint was removed,
00:35:57.12\00:35:59.22
their thoughts and intentions
were only evil continually.
00:35:59.29\00:36:02.89
In Genesis Chapter 6,
00:36:02.92\00:36:04.49
the Bible talks
about this restraint
00:36:04.53\00:36:07.10
and because the devil
cannot restrain himself
00:36:07.13\00:36:11.67
and release himself.
00:36:11.70\00:36:14.67
If he could restrain
himself or release himself,
00:36:14.70\00:36:16.50
he'd had done so already
if he had the power to do so.
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.71
But the Bible
says in Genesis 6:3,
00:36:19.74\00:36:22.78
and the Lord said,
00:36:22.81\00:36:24.15
"My Spirit shall not
strive with man forever
00:36:24.18\00:36:28.25
or shall not
always strive with man,
00:36:28.28\00:36:30.12
for he is indeed flesh
00:36:30.15\00:36:31.79
yet his days
shall be 120 years."
00:36:31.82\00:36:34.86
In this particular time,
00:36:34.89\00:36:36.29
man was put on probation
00:36:36.36\00:36:38.26
and the Lord was in
essence saying to Noah,
00:36:38.29\00:36:41.36
in this period of 120 years,
00:36:41.40\00:36:43.67
My Spirit is being withdrawn
and it's gonna strive with men
00:36:43.70\00:36:46.13
for only a
certain amount of time.
00:36:46.17\00:36:48.14
When that restraint is
removed, then what happens?
00:36:48.17\00:36:51.44
The man of sin is revealed
who is as, as Paul says,
00:36:51.47\00:36:56.14
but who comes, whose revelation
is after the working of Satan.
00:36:56.18\00:37:00.62
But Paul also says
00:37:00.65\00:37:02.02
the mystery of
iniquity is already at work.
00:37:02.05\00:37:04.89
Meaning when he wrote this,
that power was in existence,
00:37:04.92\00:37:07.82
but it would have a
greater manifestation
00:37:07.86\00:37:10.19
as the Spirit of
God is being withdrawn.
00:37:10.23\00:37:13.06
So the nutshell of it,
Acts 7:51, Peter, I mean,
00:37:13.13\00:37:16.46
Stephen made the very same claim
00:37:16.50\00:37:18.33
about the restraining power
00:37:18.37\00:37:19.90
that was taken away
from the Jewish nation.
00:37:19.93\00:37:22.10
He says, "You stiff necked
00:37:22.14\00:37:23.47
and uncircumcised
in heart and ears.
00:37:23.51\00:37:25.37
You always
resist the Holy Spirit
00:37:25.41\00:37:28.81
as your fathers did so do you.
00:37:28.84\00:37:31.08
So the
restraining power is this,
00:37:31.11\00:37:33.05
don't resist the Spirit of God
00:37:33.11\00:37:34.75
whereby we are sealed
until the day of redemption.
00:37:34.78\00:37:37.22
Wow. Praise the Lord.
00:37:37.25\00:37:38.59
Thank you. Yeah.
00:37:38.62\00:37:39.95
Great answer
from the Word of God.
00:37:39.99\00:37:41.32
Pastor Johnny,
this comes from Ruth,
00:37:41.36\00:37:43.46
and she's watching or listening
00:37:43.49\00:37:44.89
from the great
country of Zambia.
00:37:44.93\00:37:47.23
And she says,
00:37:47.23\00:37:48.56
"I heard a preacher say
00:37:48.60\00:37:49.93
that some people's probation
can end even before they die.
00:37:49.96\00:37:54.10
Is it true?
00:37:54.14\00:37:55.47
And if it is
under what circumstances
00:37:55.50\00:37:58.11
can it happen?"
00:37:58.14\00:38:00.31
That is a very good question.
00:38:00.34\00:38:02.18
And I'm going to read
a verse from Luke 12:10,
00:38:02.21\00:38:06.41
that helps us to
see why this may be.
00:38:06.45\00:38:10.92
In Luke 12:10,
Jesus speaking says,
00:38:10.95\00:38:13.39
"And anyone who speaks a
word against the Son of man,
00:38:13.42\00:38:17.19
it will be forgiven him.
00:38:17.23\00:38:18.79
But to him who blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit,
00:38:18.83\00:38:22.76
it will not be forgiven."
00:38:22.83\00:38:25.73
It may be that
someone has done this,
00:38:25.80\00:38:28.94
blasphemed
against the Holy Spirit.
00:38:28.97\00:38:30.31
Well, what is that?
00:38:30.34\00:38:31.67
This is something
that has been called
00:38:31.71\00:38:33.04
the unpardonable sin.
00:38:33.07\00:38:35.34
And there is a possibility
00:38:35.38\00:38:36.85
that some people
may have done that.
00:38:36.88\00:38:39.28
Now, how do you commit this sin?
00:38:39.31\00:38:41.88
It is not a one-time act.
00:38:41.92\00:38:43.85
Otherwise the devil
would be on our trails
00:38:43.89\00:38:46.45
every moment of every day,
00:38:46.52\00:38:47.86
trying to lead us to
commit this one particular sin.
00:38:47.89\00:38:51.13
But it is a mentality,
00:38:51.16\00:38:53.36
a continued refusal to repent
00:38:53.40\00:38:58.30
and turn to God's way.
00:38:58.33\00:39:00.17
Now how many times
00:39:00.20\00:39:01.84
does the person
resist the Holy Spirit?
00:39:01.87\00:39:05.21
And then he's
committed the unpardonable sin?
00:39:05.24\00:39:07.84
Only God knows see,
so nobody here can say,
00:39:07.88\00:39:12.05
"Hey, that guy over there,
00:39:12.08\00:39:13.42
he's committed
the unpardonable sin."
00:39:13.45\00:39:14.78
You can't do
that, only God knows.
00:39:14.82\00:39:16.65
So how do you know
if you've done this?
00:39:16.69\00:39:19.65
Now remember that when
Peter came to Jesus and say,
00:39:19.72\00:39:22.79
how many times
should I forgive a person?
00:39:22.82\00:39:26.06
Until seven times?
00:39:26.09\00:39:27.40
I can't remember what
he said, but Jesus said,
00:39:27.46\00:39:28.76
"No, until 70 times seven."
00:39:28.80\00:39:32.97
So if God was telling us
00:39:33.00\00:39:35.00
that we should at least do this,
00:39:35.04\00:39:36.77
He is willing to do more.
00:39:36.81\00:39:38.64
So it's not something
00:39:38.67\00:39:42.68
that is done at
one particular moment.
00:39:42.71\00:39:44.98
Now it could be.
00:39:45.01\00:39:46.35
Now, one of the things
that we can tell you is
00:39:46.38\00:39:49.32
if you have a
desire to follow God,
00:39:49.35\00:39:52.69
know God's Word.
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.06
And if you're
worried about committing
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.76
the unpardonable sin,
00:39:55.79\00:39:57.29
that is a sign
00:39:57.33\00:39:58.66
that the Holy Spirit
is working in your heart.
00:39:58.69\00:40:00.03
Amen.
00:40:00.06\00:40:01.36
That is a sign that you
are not completely cemented
00:40:01.40\00:40:04.30
against the drawing of the Lord.
00:40:04.33\00:40:07.07
So I say to you
that praise God for that.
00:40:07.10\00:40:11.11
Now there may be some
people that are doing,
00:40:11.14\00:40:12.51
what are some of
the characteristics?
00:40:12.57\00:40:14.68
I would say that
some of these people
00:40:14.71\00:40:16.68
come to the point of
what you heard a moment ago.
00:40:16.71\00:40:19.41
Their thoughts are
only evil, continually.
00:40:19.45\00:40:22.68
They do evil and
they have no qualms,
00:40:22.72\00:40:25.75
don't feel any
guilt, or whatsoever,
00:40:25.79\00:40:30.33
hurting babies, hurting...
00:40:30.36\00:40:32.69
I mean, hurting
anyone, they just don't care.
00:40:32.73\00:40:35.93
They lost their ability to care.
00:40:35.96\00:40:40.04
And so,
00:40:40.07\00:40:41.74
to blaspheme is
equal to speaking
00:40:41.77\00:40:43.71
against the Holy Spirit
and to resist the Holy Spirit
00:40:43.74\00:40:47.18
continually and
without any remorse whatsoever.
00:40:47.21\00:40:51.71
So it denotes the
conscience and wicked rejection
00:40:51.75\00:40:55.78
of the saving power and
grace of God toward men,
00:40:55.85\00:40:58.89
only the person
who sets themselves
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.22
against the forgiveness
of God is excluded from it.
00:41:01.26\00:41:05.73
Well, amen.
00:41:05.76\00:41:07.10
Thank you so
much, Pastor Johnny.
00:41:07.13\00:41:08.43
Yeah. Very good point.
00:41:08.46\00:41:10.63
Jill, this is a question from...
00:41:10.67\00:41:14.37
I think you would say the
last name is Shadi, Shadai.
00:41:14.40\00:41:17.67
And a good question,
00:41:17.71\00:41:19.04
"Luke 6:38 give and
it will be given to you,
00:41:19.07\00:41:23.24
good measure, pressed down,
00:41:23.31\00:41:25.05
shaken together and running over
00:41:25.08\00:41:26.88
will be put into your bosom,
00:41:26.92\00:41:28.75
for with the same
measure that you use,
00:41:28.78\00:41:30.89
it will be measured back to you.
00:41:30.92\00:41:33.52
Was Jesus talking
about the giving of money
00:41:33.56\00:41:36.12
or loving our enemies
00:41:36.19\00:41:37.53
and people by
way of giving love,
00:41:37.56\00:41:39.96
and it should be given
back to us in equal measure.
00:41:40.00\00:41:42.90
As I read the
scripture from verse 27,
00:41:42.93\00:41:45.57
I noticed the context
was about loving our enemies
00:41:45.60\00:41:48.37
and being good to people.
00:41:48.40\00:41:50.47
Are we not misconstruing it
00:41:50.51\00:41:52.11
to mean giving of monies
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.61
since this scripture is always
quoted when soliciting funds
00:41:53.64\00:41:56.58
or calling for
sponsorship at our churches?"
00:41:56.61\00:41:59.45
Thank you so much
for that question.
00:41:59.48\00:42:01.05
I think there are
multiple applications
00:42:01.08\00:42:03.55
to the Word of God.
00:42:03.59\00:42:05.02
And we always study
scripture in context.
00:42:05.05\00:42:07.42
The context determines meaning.
00:42:07.46\00:42:09.89
If you look at the
context of Luke Chapter 6,
00:42:09.92\00:42:11.96
it's actually the
sermon on the Mount.
00:42:11.99\00:42:14.56
And Jesus gives
that entire blessed
00:42:14.60\00:42:17.50
are the poor in spirit.
00:42:17.53\00:42:18.87
And that whole
thing that we understand
00:42:18.90\00:42:20.47
is the Sermon on the Mount.
00:42:20.50\00:42:21.84
Then it goes like you referenced
00:42:21.87\00:42:23.34
the verses 27-36 talks
about love your enemies.
00:42:23.37\00:42:27.81
Do good to those
who spitefully use you
00:42:27.84\00:42:30.78
and curse you and abuse you.
00:42:30.81\00:42:32.78
Then verse 37,
00:42:32.85\00:42:34.25
which is right before
our verse in question,
00:42:34.28\00:42:36.62
Luke 6:37, it says,
00:42:36.65\00:42:38.62
"Judge not, and
you will not be judged,
00:42:38.65\00:42:41.02
condemn not,
00:42:41.06\00:42:42.39
and you will not be condemned
00:42:42.42\00:42:44.19
forgive, and you
will be forgiven."
00:42:44.23\00:42:46.86
And then it goes into give
and it will be given unto you.
00:42:46.90\00:42:50.27
So I believe clearly
00:42:50.30\00:42:52.23
this is talking
about forgiveness,
00:42:52.27\00:42:54.04
how much you forgive,
it will be forgiven to you.
00:42:54.07\00:42:56.64
It's talking about judgment.
00:42:56.71\00:42:58.21
How much you judge,
00:42:58.24\00:42:59.57
it will in turn be
poured back upon you.
00:42:59.61\00:43:03.38
It's talking about love.
00:43:03.41\00:43:04.85
How much you love others,
00:43:04.88\00:43:06.65
it will in turn
come back to you.
00:43:06.68\00:43:09.82
Now, can it
also reference money?
00:43:09.85\00:43:12.19
Absolutely.
00:43:12.22\00:43:13.59
I think that's a
great application.
00:43:13.62\00:43:15.39
When you give, when you
pour, it is poured back to you.
00:43:15.42\00:43:18.93
But I believe the
primary application,
00:43:18.96\00:43:21.00
if you look at the context,
00:43:21.03\00:43:22.46
it's talking
about loving others,
00:43:22.50\00:43:24.00
it's talking about giving,
00:43:24.03\00:43:25.37
it's talking
about forgiving and yes,
00:43:25.40\00:43:27.50
we can apply it
financially as well.
00:43:27.54\00:43:30.11
So I would say it
has a dual application.
00:43:30.14\00:43:32.51
Yeah. Excellent.
00:43:32.57\00:43:33.91
Thank you so very much.
00:43:33.94\00:43:35.28
Praise the Lord.
00:43:35.31\00:43:36.64
Pastor, a good question
here from a Chandler, says,
00:43:36.68\00:43:39.31
"Why do we end our
prayers with in Jesus' name?"
00:43:39.35\00:43:43.62
Amen. Yes.
00:43:43.65\00:43:45.62
Let me add it, in
Jesus' name we pray.
00:43:45.65\00:43:47.29
Amen.
00:43:47.32\00:43:48.66
Exactly. That's a good question.
00:43:48.69\00:43:50.03
That's a wonderful question.
00:43:50.06\00:43:51.83
One of the problems that
Jesus was addressing in His day
00:43:51.86\00:43:54.96
was the Pharisee's lack
00:43:55.00\00:43:57.00
of even
acknowledging Him at all.
00:43:57.03\00:43:59.70
They would pray to
God in the marketplace.
00:43:59.73\00:44:01.74
Thank God. Oh God.
00:44:01.77\00:44:03.64
Thank God, I'm
not like other men.
00:44:03.67\00:44:05.37
They would
always acknowledge God,
00:44:05.41\00:44:06.98
but they would
not acknowledge Him.
00:44:07.01\00:44:09.14
And one of the things
He said in John 14:1-3,
00:44:09.18\00:44:12.08
"You believe in
God, believe also in Me."
00:44:12.11\00:44:15.52
So because the Lord,
00:44:15.55\00:44:17.25
God sent His Son
00:44:17.29\00:44:19.05
as a
propitiation as our sacrifice,
00:44:19.09\00:44:21.86
as our substitute, they
would not acknowledge Him.
00:44:21.89\00:44:26.09
And then the reason
why we pray in Jesus' name
00:44:26.13\00:44:29.23
is John 14:13-14.
00:44:29.26\00:44:33.84
And I'll start there.
00:44:33.87\00:44:36.07
Jesus says,
00:44:36.10\00:44:37.44
"And whatever you ask in My name
00:44:37.47\00:44:42.28
that I will do,
00:44:42.31\00:44:43.65
that the Father may
be glorified in the Son.
00:44:43.68\00:44:46.78
If you ask anything in
My name, I will do it."
00:44:46.82\00:44:51.72
Why is He saying in My name?
00:44:51.75\00:44:53.92
Because John 14:6, Jesus said,
00:44:53.96\00:44:56.99
"I am the way, the
truth and the life.
00:44:57.03\00:45:00.33
No one comes to the
Father except through Me."
00:45:00.36\00:45:04.07
So it's like
saying, Greg and Jill.
00:45:04.10\00:45:06.90
Well, I'm not
gonna ask Greg and Jill.
00:45:06.94\00:45:09.17
Ian, I'd like to work here.
00:45:09.20\00:45:10.87
You gotta go
through Greg and Jill.
00:45:10.91\00:45:13.07
I don't wanna go
through Greg and Jill.
00:45:13.14\00:45:15.24
I just wanna work here.
00:45:15.28\00:45:16.75
Oh, no one works here at 3ABN
00:45:16.81\00:45:19.31
who doesn't go
through Greg and Jill.
00:45:19.35\00:45:21.55
And the context of
this, Jesus is saying,
00:45:21.58\00:45:23.45
do not bypass Me thinking
you can get to the Father.
00:45:23.49\00:45:28.36
1 Timothy 2:5,
00:45:28.39\00:45:31.53
"For there is one God
00:45:31.56\00:45:34.40
and one mediator
between God and man,
00:45:34.46\00:45:37.40
the man Christ Jesus."
00:45:37.43\00:45:39.17
Amen.
00:45:39.20\00:45:40.54
Now I wasn't
waxing Greg and Jill,
00:45:40.57\00:45:41.90
but I was using
you as an illustration
00:45:41.94\00:45:43.64
where Jesus was in
essence saying, with authority,
00:45:43.67\00:45:46.61
you're not getting to the Father
00:45:46.64\00:45:48.08
unless you go through Me.
00:45:48.11\00:45:50.11
If you ask in My name,
00:45:50.18\00:45:51.61
the Father will do
it because He sent me
00:45:51.65\00:45:54.78
to be the mediator
between you and Him.
00:45:54.82\00:45:58.82
I am the only way to Him.
00:45:58.85\00:46:00.86
Amen. Yeah.
00:46:00.89\00:46:02.22
Thank you very much, Pastor.
00:46:02.26\00:46:03.63
It's a beautiful relationship,
isn't it we can have?
00:46:03.66\00:46:05.06
Yeah. Amen.
00:46:05.09\00:46:06.76
Pastor Johnny, this comes
from Roger and his question is,
00:46:06.80\00:46:10.23
"Please explain
Deuteronomy 12:15 and 22.
00:46:10.30\00:46:15.40
Some say, this is
why they eat pork."
00:46:15.44\00:46:18.94
Well.
00:46:18.97\00:46:20.31
Well done.
00:46:20.34\00:46:21.68
Thank you, Roger, for
sending in that question,
00:46:21.71\00:46:23.18
I have to say that
anyone who uses these verses
00:46:23.21\00:46:26.58
to justify the eating of
pork is making a great mistake.
00:46:26.65\00:46:30.85
The Bible declares
that it is an unclean meat.
00:46:30.89\00:46:34.36
So what is unclean?
00:46:34.39\00:46:36.56
An unclean meat is a...
00:46:36.59\00:46:39.26
You can notice
00:46:39.29\00:46:40.93
the unclean animals are the ones
00:46:40.96\00:46:42.96
that eat the
garbage of the earth,
00:46:43.00\00:46:45.53
the dead and decaying things.
00:46:45.57\00:46:47.74
The ones, these unclean animals
have a higher concentration
00:46:47.77\00:46:52.71
of germs and
toxins and carry diseases.
00:46:52.77\00:46:56.78
So do you wanna eat that?
00:46:56.85\00:46:59.11
That's the question.
00:46:59.15\00:47:00.55
Now, some people
are justifying this.
00:47:00.58\00:47:01.92
They're putting
themselves in danger.
00:47:01.95\00:47:04.55
Let's go to
Deuteronomy 12:15 and 22.
00:47:04.59\00:47:07.22
And look at it really quick.
00:47:07.26\00:47:08.59
It says here,
00:47:08.62\00:47:09.96
"However, you may
slaughter and eat meat
00:47:09.99\00:47:13.16
within all your gates,
whatever your heart desires."
00:47:13.23\00:47:15.86
And this is
where some people say,
00:47:15.90\00:47:17.23
"Oh, I can eat whatever I want."
00:47:17.27\00:47:19.10
According, now notice it says,
00:47:19.13\00:47:20.94
"According to the
blessing of the Lord, your God,
00:47:20.97\00:47:23.94
which He has given you."
00:47:23.97\00:47:25.84
The food that the Lord has given
00:47:25.87\00:47:28.41
the blessing upon
is the clean animals
00:47:28.44\00:47:31.78
and all the vegetables
and fruits and grains.
00:47:31.81\00:47:34.28
Those are the ones that have
received the Lord's blessing,
00:47:34.32\00:47:36.89
not the unclean animals.
00:47:36.92\00:47:38.82
Now notice how it says,
00:47:38.85\00:47:40.49
"The unclean and
the clean may eat of it,
00:47:40.52\00:47:43.66
of the gazelle
and the deer alike."
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.76
I'm gonna go to the next verse.
00:47:45.79\00:47:47.50
Verse 22,
00:47:47.56\00:47:48.86
"Just as the
gazelle and deer are eaten,
00:47:48.90\00:47:51.80
so you may eat them,
00:47:51.83\00:47:53.90
the unclean and the
clean alike may eat them."
00:47:53.94\00:47:57.07
Now, what does this mean?
00:47:57.11\00:47:58.51
This is talking about
people when it says unclean
00:47:58.54\00:48:02.98
and clean may eat of it.
00:48:03.01\00:48:04.41
It's talking about people,
00:48:04.45\00:48:05.78
people that are unclean
and people that are clean
00:48:05.81\00:48:07.98
can eat all these animals.
00:48:08.02\00:48:09.72
And notice how it says
of the deer and the gazelle,
00:48:09.78\00:48:13.09
naming clean animals.
00:48:13.15\00:48:15.66
So in essence,
00:48:15.69\00:48:17.03
a person could
become ritually unclean
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.43
by touching a dead carcass.
00:48:19.46\00:48:21.06
He's considered
unclean until evening.
00:48:21.10\00:48:23.47
So that person
could eat of these animals
00:48:23.53\00:48:26.70
even though he's
ritually unclean.
00:48:26.74\00:48:29.00
This is, what is the distinction
00:48:29.04\00:48:30.97
that is being made here.
00:48:31.01\00:48:32.34
It is not talking about
that you can eat unclean animals
00:48:32.37\00:48:35.54
because the Lord
has already said,
00:48:35.58\00:48:38.01
don't eat of these things.
00:48:38.05\00:48:39.98
There's no contradiction here.
00:48:40.02\00:48:41.72
This is just a
reference to people
00:48:41.75\00:48:44.92
that are clean
ritually and unclean ritually
00:48:44.95\00:48:50.03
can eat all these
animals in their homes.
00:48:50.09\00:48:53.06
Amen.
00:48:53.09\00:48:54.40
Thank you very
much, Pastor Johnny.
00:48:54.46\00:48:55.76
Good answer.
00:48:55.80\00:48:57.13
This is from Jack and it says,
00:48:57.20\00:48:59.33
"why did God tell Adam and Eve
00:48:59.37\00:49:01.67
not to eat from the
tree of good and evil,
00:49:01.70\00:49:04.41
even though this
had nothing to do
00:49:04.44\00:49:06.54
with the Ten Commandments?"
00:49:06.57\00:49:08.51
Thank you, Jack,
for that question.
00:49:08.54\00:49:10.01
I would say that
this had everything to do
00:49:10.05\00:49:12.85
with the Ten Commandments.
00:49:12.88\00:49:14.22
The command not to eat
00:49:14.25\00:49:15.58
from the tree of
knowledge of good and evil
00:49:15.62\00:49:17.05
is definitely connected
with the Ten Commandments.
00:49:17.09\00:49:19.72
I can think of at
least three commandments
00:49:19.75\00:49:21.29
that were broken when Eve
partook of the forbidden fruit.
00:49:21.32\00:49:24.73
Look at the tenth commandment.
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.09
We're in Exodus 20:17,
00:49:26.13\00:49:28.80
"You shall not covet
your neighbor's house."
00:49:28.83\00:49:32.40
Keep your finger in Exodus 20.
00:49:32.43\00:49:33.97
Let's go back
to the original sin
00:49:34.00\00:49:36.10
and temptation.
00:49:36.14\00:49:37.54
This is in Genesis 3:6,
00:49:37.57\00:49:39.64
"When the woman, that's Eve,
00:49:39.71\00:49:41.54
saw that the tree
was good for food,
00:49:41.58\00:49:43.28
that it was
pleasant to the eyes,
00:49:43.31\00:49:44.71
a tree desirable
to make one wise,
00:49:44.75\00:49:48.08
she took of its fruit."
00:49:48.12\00:49:49.45
That word desirable
in Hebrew is covetous.
00:49:49.48\00:49:52.05
It's the same word
00:49:52.09\00:49:53.49
used in Exodus
Chapter 24, the word covet.
00:49:53.52\00:49:56.09
You shall not covet.
00:49:56.12\00:49:57.59
So Eve, she broke
the tenth commandment.
00:49:57.63\00:49:59.73
You shall not covet,
00:49:59.76\00:50:01.06
when she partook and
desired that forbidden fruit.
00:50:01.10\00:50:04.50
She also broke
the first commandment.
00:50:04.53\00:50:06.27
What's the first commandment?
00:50:06.33\00:50:07.67
Exodus 20:3 says,
00:50:07.70\00:50:09.04
"You shall have no
other gods before Me.
00:50:09.07\00:50:10.91
And what did the
serpent tell Eve in Genesis 3:5,
00:50:10.94\00:50:14.74
"For God knows in
the day you eat of it,
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.75
your eyes will be opened
00:50:16.78\00:50:18.11
and you will be like
God knowing good and evil."
00:50:18.15\00:50:23.49
Eve desired.
00:50:23.52\00:50:25.02
What did it say in
the first commandment?
00:50:25.05\00:50:26.65
You shall have no
other gods before Me.
00:50:26.69\00:50:28.86
And yet Eve
desired to be like God,
00:50:28.89\00:50:32.83
that's breaking
the first commandment.
00:50:32.86\00:50:34.73
She also broke
the fifth commandment,
00:50:34.76\00:50:36.36
which says,
00:50:36.43\00:50:37.77
honor your
father and your mother,
00:50:37.80\00:50:40.00
that your days may
be long upon the land,
00:50:40.04\00:50:42.04
which the Lord
your God has given you.
00:50:42.07\00:50:43.77
God was in essence,
Adam and Eve's father.
00:50:43.81\00:50:46.64
And He had commanded,
00:50:46.68\00:50:48.11
don't eat of the
tree of knowledge
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.05
of good and evil.
00:50:50.11\00:50:51.45
And she directly disobeyed
the command of her father.
00:50:51.48\00:50:54.35
That's breaking
the fifth commandment.
00:50:54.38\00:50:56.12
In addition,
James 2:10 tells us,
00:50:56.15\00:50:59.09
"If whoever keeps the whole law
00:50:59.12\00:51:01.12
and yet stumbles in one
point is guilty of all."
00:51:01.16\00:51:04.16
So she might have broken
three of the commandments,
00:51:04.19\00:51:06.49
but she was
really guilty of all.
00:51:06.53\00:51:08.36
Amen. Wow.
00:51:08.40\00:51:09.73
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:51:09.76\00:51:11.10
In Spanish, you
would say excellente.
00:51:11.13\00:51:13.50
Does that mean excellent?
00:51:13.54\00:51:14.87
Excellent. Praise the Lord.
00:51:14.90\00:51:16.24
Well, I tell you this hour
always goes by in a real hurry.
00:51:16.27\00:51:19.31
What we're gonna do
right now is actually take
00:51:19.34\00:51:20.74
a really quick break.
00:51:20.78\00:51:22.11
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00:51:22.14\00:51:25.45
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